well apollo wanted to go see if there is any live on the moon or any other planets so he became famous so other people wanted to go to the moon too to become famous so thats what started space race.
The name of the stick that is used in a relay race is called a baton.
However it has a nick name of a "Sprinter's Stick" also.
to develop satellite technology superior to Sputnik 1
The Russians started the Space Race by launching Sputnik the first satellite, which then provoked fear in the Americans to begin development of their own satellites.
The Space Race was a competition for spaceflight capabilities, and space exploration to see which nation could achieve the most and go the farthest.
to bomb America from space (so that it looked like USSR attacked them) and then declare war on USSR without the UN approval and that's how the cold war started